what's your question for robert mueller? caller: my question is not so much for robert mueller. my first question would be a show of hands by all the republicans sitting on the committee today who actually read the full report. i'm astonished that the republicans calling in obviously have not read the report. it is pretty clear cut. himlooking forward to simply reading the report, explaining the report. the only question i would have for robert mueller would be did you infect exonerate -- in fact exonerate donald trump? yes or no? host: when you say it is clear , what do you mean? caller: i read the report. that heetty clear cut was not allowed nor did he investigate collusion. that was not part of his authority to do so and he didn't do so. he quite simply said, number one, if he could have exonerated the president, he would have done so. read the report. he said that in the report. there are at least 10 cases of obstruction by president trump. it is quite clear cut. here,s not rocket science my dear. this is a report that the majority of people in america have not read. today,

here is robert mueller from 2013. he was speaking at the commencement address at the college of william and mary, and this is what he had to say to the graduating years that day. >> i begin with integrity because it is so essential to who and what you ultimately will become. you have a career path in mind, many of you have no idea. be surprised iy where life takes you, i certainly was. in the end, it is not only what we do, but how we do it. your chosenf careers, you are only as good as your word. you can be smart, aggressive, articulate, and persuasive. but if you are not honest, your reputation will suffer, and once tarnished, a good reputation can never be regained. as the saying goes, if you have integrity, nothing else matters. and if you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. host: what do you take from that commencement address? guest: you can tell that he means it. i think integrity is an increasingly rare quality in american society. i think this is why ron rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, chose

here's robert mueller from 2013. he was speaking at the commencement address at the college of william and mary. say to what he had to the graduating seniors that day. with integrity because it is so essential to who and what you ultimately will become. career pathhave a and mine. many of you have no idea where you will end up. a few of you may be surprised by where life takes you. i certainly was. and in the end it is not only what we do but how we do it. careeress of your chosen you are only as good as your word. you can be smart, aggressive, articulate and indeed persuasive. but if you are not honest your reputation will suffer and once can, a good reputation never be regained. saying goes, if you have integrity, nothing else matters. and if you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. you take from that commencement address? ityou can tell that he means and i think integrity is an inreasingly rare quality american society. i think this is why rod chose robert mueller to be special counsel because he is perceiv

i did just speak to robert mueller's spokesperson. he'll be accompanied by some of his team from the special counsel's office. this is presumably the same group of people who have been working with ront mueller as he's been preparing at the offices of william hale. that's robert mueller's former law firm right here in washington, d.c. we know that he has been preparing throughout the past few days or weeks. so that group of people will be with him. presumably we'll see them sit just behind robert mueller at the hearing as he begins to testify at 8:30 this morning. but so far no more word from the justice department. but we know they are objecting to zebley testifying alongside mueller which he's expected to do in the second part of the day. >> jess is a snyder, thank you so much. >>> president trump has been on edge ahead of the mueller hearing. using the phrase he often uses, witch hunt. let's go to boris sanchez. what's the latest over there? >> reporter: even though president trump says he's not anxious about the testimony today, i

this is what robert mueller said. at byvestigation found the president capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigation. the president's efforts were mostly unsuccessful. that is because the person surrounding the president declined to carry out orders or a seat to his request. as a prosecutor, does that warned prosecution? jeffrey: you honed in on something different than how the attorney general profited. what did the person intent? even those around him, mcgann, who was his then counsel, and there was an iteration with corey lewandowski, he asked him to interfere. i think lewandowski handed it off to someone else. they saved him from himself but it is certainly one of the building box that could lead to an obstruction. that it didfound not rise to the level of a criminal conviction but perhaps congress can take it from here. david: let's talk about congress. attorney general william barr said robert mueller not asking congress to decide. congress can always decide to impeach. the attorney gene

in front of you is robert mueller's 400-page report. short of him reading all 400 pages, that would constuitute a statement. what do we have here? >> bob mueller and his team spoke in detail through this document. most of which in redacted form is available to us. >> most people haven't read it. >> that's an important point. i think it's probably of interest to bob mueller. he's probably coming out today with a keen sense of hasn't ingested the important parts of his finding. but this is a justice department press release of a very unusual nature. we've literally never seen one like this in the trump era. and, so -- >> what does that mean? >> number one, it tells us this is a justice department press conference not an independent statement. if bob mueller goes to congress or writes a post on medium or says what he says in any forum, he can speak as a human citizen bound by the rules. this is bill barr's justice department putting out to us that this justice department employee, special counsel robert mueller, will speak from the seventh

so he didn't -- he tried to fire robert mueller. he obviously didn't fire robert mueller. does that make a difference whether or not there this is an actionable obstruction case? >> if that were the only fact, the only piece of the mosaic in the proof, it might have less weight. remember, he fired jim comey one month before. so firing was very much on his mind as a means to rid himself of the so-called retro thing. he bragged to foreign minister lavrov and kislyak that he was so relieved that he had fired comey and thereby stopped the investigation. now it's the surrogates that are attacking the special counsel, the surrogates in congress, the defenders who are launching it. i saw it on the fbi and law enforcement. we have a constitutional crisis looming and that's the reason why we need to protect the special counsel with legislation that i've offered along with a number of republican colleagues and democrats to make sure that the special counsel is protected in this investigation. >> you described that as a constitutional crisis. clearly that would be a conflict with the

robert mueller today? >> we, look, i think if mr. deniro said that a few weeks ago, i think that that sentiment makes sense but i think today we did hear from robert mueller and heard from him in a very powerful way. i think the most important thing we heard from him, remember he's deing with a several hundred page report and what does he choose to pluck out in his press conference today? he plucks out the fact he said look, if i could clear the president, i would. i have the raw legal power to do so. if i thought he was innocent. he pointedly does not do that. and then second, he said, i couldn't indict him. i didn't have the power to. and so because of that, he says it would be unfair to do what mr. deniro says which is to label mr. trump a criminal when mr. trump has no way to defend himself and look, i understand it's frustrating for a lot of people. and it's frustraing for for me, too. at least i can understand what mr. mueller is saying here and at the same time, i think what the ultimate implication

did the president say he wanted to fire robert mueller? >> well, i have no inside information regarding what he did or didn't say. that wasn't part of my portfolio while i was in the white house. >> you never heard him say that he wanted to fire robert mueller? >> no. and i couldn't talk about it even if i d. so let's move on from that. >> hang on. i just want to get to this quickly and then get to a bigger issue because i think it is important. any knowledge did you ever he ever hear that he threatened to quit to stop the president from firing robert mueller. >> i wouldn't be able to do it under my obligations anyway. >> have you testified to special counsel? we have heard eight lawyers, eight people have? >> again, i wouldn't be sitting here today if i had been interviewed. so the answer to that is no as well because of my ethical obligations having left the white house recently. >> good. now, that we have that behind us, what is your take on the reporting that cnn has confirmed that the president said he wanted to fire robert muler and

and testified under oath, and that is not robert mueller. this raises a lot of questions, and hopefully everyone gets to the bottom of this. >> katie: from a doj official about this discrepancy issue, is a senior doj official saying ia discrepancy. they did not reach a decision, even so they didn't want to reach the impression that that's what they're doing. what mueller said is that he didn't even engage. he told them he didn't want to leave the impression that there was a discrepancy between barr and mueller. psychic is important ten to mention that >> melissa: hang on, let me get your reaction. we are going to do a lot more this legal angle and as i can pay it i want to talk about the 2020 race and how everyone is responding there. i will get your take on that. these are some of the tweets that are coming and already from those who are running on the democratic side in 2020 prayed this is kamala harris. "what robert robert mueller bay did was return a referral. it's up to congress all this president accountable. we need to start impeachme

this is cnn special covererage robert mueller under oath. within the next hour, an extraordinary event will happen on capitol hill. robert mueller will testify publicly about his investigation into russia's election interference and president trump's alleged attempt to obstruct that investigation. i'm jake tapper. >> and i'm wolf blitzer. there will be back-to-back hearings today. mueller will first be sworn in before the house judiciary committee who will focus on the obstruction documented in the mueller report. then the house intelligence committee will get its turn concentrating on what russia did to attack the 2016 presidential election here in the united states. >> mueller is clearly a reluctant witness. he stressed he's going to limit his testimony to what is in his 448-page report. but even if mueller only recites aloud some of the key points, that effect could be stunning and these could have blockbuster potential. we gathered our analysts to bring you full coverage. >> i want to go to capitol hill right now. manu raju is up there.

let's remember who robert mueller is. a man who volunteered for combat in vietnam as a marine and came back and became a prosecutor and prosecuted murder cases and led the fbi after 9/11. he has a circle of people to draw on who he decided to consult on this decision is unclear. >> look who joined me, tom winter nbc political reporter and somebody who has been following this throughout. have you gotten any indication at all of what we might expect to hear? we just saw the picture of that podium which in and of itself is just dramatic. >> sure. it's more of what it is not going to be than what it is. based on what i am hearing, this not going to be to correct the report that came out asand thiss going to address any other news report or any thing that we've seen. this is going to be a significant or a substantial statement, chris. that's the best we know at this point. but as far as the specific information, we don't have that yet. >> okay. so, here's where we are right now. we are now just about a little more than half an

robert mueller says his work is done. if there's another chapter in the russia investigation, it will be written not by special counsel, but by the lawmakers elected to represent the american people. catherine herridge outside the justice department. catherine? >> we heard from the special counsel, a lot about the olc opinion, the office of legal counsel housed here at the justice department. it acts like an internal lawyer for the government, specifically the attorney general and others in the justice department. what mueller said today is that based on his opinion or the regulations, he would not indict a sitting president but this did not stop him from gathering evidence that could be used for further action. >> under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he's in office. that is unconstitutional. even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view that so is prohibited. the special counsel's office is part of the department of justice. by regulation, it w

today we have heard robert mueller say it out loud. that's new. hearing something is always different than reading something. what's also new is that robert mueller said congress said here it is, take it. it's different from what william barr said. >> he did. the magnitude of the president's misconduct comes through differently when you hear it directly from mueller himself, especially since we haven't heard his voice in two years. i would caution, however, that there are -- what did we say? 38 democrats that called for impeachment hearings. do you know what that means? 85% of democrats in the house haven't called for the hearings. the idea that there is a tidal wave of support for impeachment hearings in the house of representatives is not true. that's why i think nancy pelosi's position won't change. >> david gregory, what do you think changed yesterday if anything? >> there was something powerful. i agree with what was said. something powerful about to me mueller saying two things. every american ought to pay attention to the fact that russia t

robert mueller, i know he is conflicted. he's got a lot of conflicts, including the fact that his best friend is comey, but he has big conflict with me. as you know, he wanted the job of the fbi director and did not get it. we had a business relationship where i said no, and i would say he was not happy. all of a sudden, he gets this position. you know what, he still rules and i respect him for it. he still ruled no collusion, no obstruction, and this thing should have ended a long time ago. this has been going on for 2.5 years. we will never allow this to happen to another president again. host: that was president trump yesterday in the oval office. andrew desiderio, a lot there. guest: no collusion, no obstruction. that is what the president has set ever since the report came out. mueller said neither of those things. the first point, collusion was never evaluated. collusion is not a legal term or anything part of the deliberative process when you are racing a prosecutorial decision. what mueller did say is that there was

robert mueller was a reluctant witness, and it showed. it was a long day on capitol hill seven hours from star

elizabeth: robert mueller breaking his silence, he will will not testify and not clear president trump. here is the question, will blue dog moderate democrats go along? they are key, we debate that. you are looking at live pictures of attorney general william barr at alaska native justice round table in alaska, we'll keep you posted if he addresses today's fireworks. >> this story matters to your money, stocks down on fight with china, sell-off kicked to high gear when robert mueller spoke, dow sinking 410 at low, in end stock closed off of session lows, dow january levels, we have angles on your money covered, and also, what robert mueller did not discuss, what he left out. >> it is total full metal gridlock in washington, nothing gets turn. 200,000 vehicle hit crumbling roads every day, no cheaper crisis or healthcare. we're breaking that down. >> also, is joe biden following the script of the obama campaign back in 2012? the strategy was cutback on joe biden's campaign appearances to avoid negative headlines. is that strategy for biden right now? to historic tornado and flooding aff

it's not just robert mueller and berman, the u.s. attorney in new york, it's the judges who approved the search warrant. >> true. >> they also were a check on the process. so the idea that this was just robert mueller is simply not true. >> >> everybody stand by. we have a lot to assess but right now i want to bring in congressman will hurd, a republican member of the intelligence and homeland security, former clandestine officer for the cia. what's your reaction to what we just heard from the president of the united states, congressman? >> well, i think bob mueller should stay, he should be allowed to turn over every rock, pursue every lead and this was obviously -- if you're investigating something and you find some potential criminal misconduct you can refer that but as all of the previous speakers and guests have highlighted, this was done by the u.s. attorney in new york city and a judge is the one that agreed that there was probable cause for going into the lawyer's office and home so it's been a pretty wild day in, no. you hav

with robert mueller. so his answer there does not seem true. >> it's the second exchange there that's so crucial. of course he had already received that letter over about a week before from robert mueller detailing his issues with how barr portrayed the report. telling that lawmaker, no, i don't know why members of mueller's team are frustrated as had surfaced in media reports is not what he had heard from the special counsel himself. now there barr goes on to say he believes members of mueller's team would have wanted more of the report to come out. according to the post that's the conversation that bill barr and robert mueller had. what makes all of this more fascinating is the personal relationship between the attorney general and the special counsel because bill barr did not know the president very well before the president picked him to be attorney general. but he does have a relationship going back with robert mueller. they talked about that. he talked about it under oath during his testimony before

not robert mueller himself. we basically have, you know, the pictures and the video that our team got of him going in and out of his office all that time. so this is hugely significant. the fact that they are telling us from the justice department that he is going to make a statement. he is not going to take questions, obviously begs a very big question in terms of the content. why does he feel so compelled to come out to say whatever it is that he's going to say, especially given the back and forth that you've been talking about with our colleagues over whether or not he should or will testify, not just privately, but more importantly, publicly before the house judiciary committee. >> you know, we have not heard his voice, words come out of his mouth, dana, but as you know, he did submit not one, but two letters to the attorney general following attorney general barr's characterization of the mueller findings, which mueller in those letters, we now know, says hey, wait a second, you're not saying what i said in

we also asked him about robert mueller. special counsel. what he plans to do with the special counsel and being interviewed. he says he wants to sit down and be interviewed by robert mueller. that he's totally open to it and he said, wolf, he would do it under oath. he said he would be happy to speak to robert mueller in person under oath, but first he would have to go with the advice of his lawyers. we asked if he thinks robert mueller will be b fair to him and he said we'll have to wait and see. several headline frs the president at the white house today. >> very important stuff. the i take it this was just an informal gathering with white house cory spontss, were there cameras inside? was this prearranged? how did it unfold? i ask because we anticipate sooner rather than later he's going to be asked by robert mueller, the spebl counsel, to sit down and answer questions. >> that's right. there weren't any cameras there. the reporters there were in a meeting learning about the immigration plan that the white house plans to unveil next week

robert mueller said i can't do anything here. >> robert mueller said he was not empowered to charge a sitting president. but he also was not -- into how is that different from what i just said? >> i don't think mueller -- i don't think -- well i guess -- i think the idea that mueller is saying, i read that as nothing can be done here. >> by the department of justice, the ones who run the rule of law. >> then we agree. then we agree. but i think he was also saying in the same breath i am not exonerating the president of any crimes. >> then it takes us to congress. the fact that more candidates are now coming out saying we should move forward with impeachment, does that impact nancy pelosi in any way. >> i think the pressure is on. it is on in a big way. they are not in seg right now. i guess they will be back next week into we need mohamed break. we need their schedule. just want to point that out. >> for the past three years. i think the two things you can take from -- at least i took from the mueller statement yesterday is one that if the president held any other title, he would have

mueller took, the oath that robert mueller took as fbi director. and the oath that he also took in the current role that he's in. this is a man who has been driven by upholding constitutional norms his entire life, upholding the rule of law his entire life. and the topic, the subject of this investigation is a man who just told students yesterday, who told young americans yesterday, that the constitution, specifically article ii, allows him to do whatever he wants to do. grants him ultimate power, much like steven miller said in 2017. in february of 2017, that president has ultimate power and can do whatever he wants. what a marked contrast we have lined up today. >> that's right, joe. yesterday, as you just indicated, the president of the united states told these students, i have article ii. meaning him alone. today, the country has bob mueller. and one of the underrated aspects of today's testimony could be the fact that we live now in a country where people are sleepwalking through these things. there's been a new normal created by donald trump.

president, did you seek to fire robert mueller? >> fake news, folks, typical "new york times" fake stories. >> reporter: but a source confirms to cnn that trump did call for mueller's firing and don mcgahn refused because he disagreed with his reasoning. two people told the "times" the president expressed concern over what he saw as three possible conflicts of interest with mueller serving as special counsel. one involving a dispute mueller had at trump national golf club causing hum to resign his membership. another that mueller's law had previously represented his son-in-law, jared kushner and, finally, that trump had just interviewed mueller as comey's replacement for fbi director. back in june trump was also openly airing his frustrations overs russia probe on twitter saying "you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history led by some very bad and conflicted people." two months after the reported attempt to fire mueller, he was asked if he'd ever considered it? >> i haven't given it any thought.

who is robert mueller and why was he picked for special counsel? is a lifelong career prosecutor, mostly here in washington in the justice department. he spent most of his career working his way up the various u.s. attorney's office, head of the criminal division for the u.s. department of justice under george h.w. bush, and then was deputy attorney general under george w. bush for becoming fbi toldtor and has now been he was the longest-serving fbi substandard over himself. to first since hoover complete the 10 year term of an fbi director and then he actually was so popular and so respected that he was extended for an additional two years by president obama and a bipartisan act of congress. host: what made him so popular and respected? guest: he is a ramrod straight former marine straight shooter. in a city that seems like he gets more partisan and more politicized with every passing year, he is completely apolitical, completely nonpartisan and very well respected on both sides of the aisle. host: what was he known for doing at the fbi, in terms

i do think robert mueller will issue his report this summer. he doesn't want to interfere with the midterm elections that is why jim comey was criticized to post to the elections that is a constitutional rabbit hole. so we will produce a report this is different from the starr report a few years ago. it required him to write a report and then sending that to congress. so the special counsel governing this matter and then he could just sit on the no requirement to make it public but then he also has to comply with grand jury secrecy rules and and it makes you wonder if we ever will see a full report in public because of the classified nature and secrecy.d d s for their consideration because president trump has made it clear he doesn't want that report to go. forward. you are on thein with nelson cunningham go ahead. >> caller: >> comparing this to clinton and nixon and so forth but that is a contrived situation to make a list like something happenedha and now we want the president to determine on the interview. that doesn't even make sense. who

robert mueller will be in an interesting place. there will be questions that go outside that will be questions that normal people want to know. people i talked to around the country, especially democrats who are frustrated by the decision not to make a decision on obstruction of justice and why didn't you make the things. it's going to be an interesting thing if he doesn't go further than the report, that's enough for the people who are frustrated by it. >> one is intent and did the president intend to obstruct justice. the mueller report said they know the answer, but they won't tell us. it appears in the footnote that where mueller is talking about not subpoenaing donald trump and he said we obtained from other sources and other sources allowed us to draw relevant factual conclusions on intent. so mueller has a conclusion on the president's intent, but didn't put it in writing and now apparently the justice department is saying you can't tell us the answer to that question. >> since when is ignorance an excuse. maybe i'm missing

but he's accusing robert mueller of a crime when robert mueller found conduct around obstruction that could very easily be construed as a crime. in fact, if he wasn't the president, i think, chuck, you've said -- matt, i think all of you have said, he might have been charged with a crime let us put up the seemingly -- again, tv viewer, they may debate at home around the kitchen table whether these are crimes or not. but the mueller reports, if he just sticks to those four corners, here's what he might testify to on live television. mcghan decided he to resign. this is the president's sitting white house counsel. he called his personal lawyer and then he called his chief of staff eddie donaldson to inform her of his decision. he then drove to the office to pack his belongings and submit his resignation letter. that evening mcghan called both previous, that was four chief of staffs ago and bannon about four political advisers ago, and told him he intended to resign. he recalled mcghan said he should do crazy bleep but he did not tell him of the specific request because mcghan was trying

robert mueller has put innocent people behind bars. i salute you, c-span, for putting anything on that's the truth. he tried to destroy president trump. mueller put people behind bars illegally. andtrying to prove my case get a present on so pardon. that's presidential pardon -- get a presidential pardon. host: how long did you serve? caller: they said i threatened to kill the warden. complaint and got death threats and stuff. the fbi knew about it and wouldn't help me. they said i threatened to kill the warden at work to keep me behind bars. host: robert mueller was the former fbi director, announced as special counsel in may of 2017. two years later, the first public comments on the investigation. kathleen in fort worth, texas. caller: how are you doing? host: doing fine, thank you. caller: good. just a quick comment. we've had 2.5 years of an incredibly extensive investigation into trump in regards to collusion. mueller did everything he could to try to prove that trump did collude. this is not new. this has gone on for years and ye

yes, and it was in direct response to robert mueller. we have had time and time again from president trump he had been exonerated. robert mueller stood up and said actually that is not the case and i expect the words that have been ringing in the president's is, that phrase, if we were confident that he didn't commit a crime, we would have said though does said so. they did not say that about the president, there are still questions to be asked and of course, growing question — make pressure from congress to ask those questions. potentially what he referred to their is a dirty word of impeachment. it is also worth pointing out, robert mueller, if he was erecting the record, was also speaking about the us attorney general william barr you might became out and gave his own summary of the report and they seemed to be some frustration by robert mueller about just how he some frustration by robert mueller aboutjust how he interpreted it and the way to put out first. we have had a response from william barr as well. the us attorney general h

>> the aides is aaron zebley, robert mueller's chief of staff. an accomplished counterterrorism investigator in his own right and robert mueller's chief of staff during the mueller investigation. and they are asking that he be sworn in to sit next to robert mueller during the judiciary committee part of the hearing. it's not clear that's going to be able to happen because of congressional rules. >> and to do what? and to say what? >> well, i mean, you know, robert mueller is 74 years old. he oversaw this sprawling investigation. it's conceivable he doesn't know the answer particularly with the details to every question and a guy like zebley could help him answer those questions and inform the public if only

do you know that robert mueller -- do you know for a fact that robert mueller wanted the attorney general to make that determination? or did mueller want congress to make that determination? >> that's a question you'll have to ask robert mueller. but what we know is that they couldn't make the determination. >> we know they did -- we know they didn't make the decision. we know they didn't make the determination. >> that's what i said. >> we didn't know -- >> they couldn't. >> they didn't make that determination. >> they didn't make that determination and the legal process then goes to the attorney general and the deputy attorney general to be able to make that determination. and they did. they did their jobs. and i think that everyone should be thankful that they have. >> sarah sanders, it's a pleasure to have you on this morning. i know this is a day the white house looked forward to for a long time. we appreciate you being on "new day." >> to be clear, i think it's a day america has looked forward to for a long time. it's a great day for america when a decision like this comes forward a

as much as robert mueller? >> our focus is going to definitely be on mueller, and our goal is to let mueller speak because if he just describes what is in the report, that's very, very damaging to the president. but it is very good that zebley is going to be there as well because if it's just to give advice, he's going to have specific details about all of those interactions you mentioned. also, we're establishing the precedent that we've been fighting for that some of these investigators, we have a right to call them. >> yes. >> to inquire what's going on. mueller is at the top, but a lot of the people doing the details, where they know what the negotiations were, they know what happened, they're relevant to get the story out to the american people, so we think -- we're glad that he's going to be there and we are glad that he's going to be sworn in. >> and the -- every member of the committee has a staff member nearby. when you're not coming up with exactly the right thing in the right moment. so the idea that

i mean, robert mueller, there is some real conflicts. he comes from a law firm that represent members of the trump family. he interviewed the day before, or a few days before he was appointed special counsel, with the president who was looking at him potentially to become the next fbi director. >> so you see the talking points there, eli, and i was reminded of this moment. i heard an interview with maggie haberman of the times tonight that while he was attacked in realtime for those remarks, it turns out he was right. >> chris knew this because he was one of the people talking with the president in realtime and perhaps putting those ideas in his head. i talked to chris ruddy a lot. he's consistent in his belief that he's talking with the president and that his lawyers have not been defending him enough in fighting off the special counsel and challenging enough in the courts in considering terminating him. so this may be something chris ruddy thought was a good idea, going out and talking about it publicly. this took place in june, appare

what changed by robert mueller coming out? >> the main thing is the mueller report started to come to life. it is one thing to read it on the page. it is another thing to see the man behind it get up, explain it. there is such a power to that. the more people understand about the report and the more it comes to life and get s dimension and detail, the bigger impact it's having. we saw robert mueller for ten minutes. see the impact it happend. imagine that can be greater if and when he testifies. >> nancy pelosi is counting. nancy pelosi is counting right now on how many democratics are shifting their position in her caucus. a few are. reas listen to what she said? >> i think it's, like, 35 of them out of 238. or maybe 38 out of 238 have said they want to be outspoken on impeachment. many of them are reflecting their views as well as those of their constituents. many constituents want to impeach the president. we want to do what's right and what gets results. >> joe lock hart. she's talking 35 to 38. it doesn't include at least

oh robert mueller, are you awake tonight? robert mueller is now investigating anything involved with russia, how is that possible? to be fair and impartial, it's impossible because of his past role in this. he should resign immediately tonight. >> fox news has been relentlessly hiping a claim that hillary clinton sold out our national security by supposedly personally approving a

you know robert mueller. you've worked with robert mueller. does the attorney general have 300 pages on his desk? does he have 3 pages on his desk? what does he have? >> lawrence, i'm going to take a stab at it and say he has somewhere between 300 and 500 pages. and like you i was heartened by that passage in bill barr's letter because i think it shows a good ongoing relationship between the attorney general and now i guess we can call him the former special counsel bob mueller. but the passage i think i was most heartened by was in the first paragraph. when the letter says in substance that bob mueller was not denied any investigative step he wanted investigative ste wanted to take, he got to subpoena everybody he felt needed to be subpoenaed. he got to return indictments against the people he thought should be indicted, and what that should give us all is a comfort level that this was a full and fair investigation, and bob mueller had the authority and free reign to do everything he felt needed to be done to get to a fair conclusion. i see l

a bit more on robert mueller. the 72-year-old served as fbi director for nine years serving republican and democrat presidents. the second longest tenure behind j. edgar hoover. he is widely regarded as a credible law enforcement official. he has a history with the man who succeeded him. james comey. >> in 2004, comey was acting attorney general while his boss john ashcroft. seriously ill in the hospital. comey and mueller worked side by side fighting the bush white house attempt to renew the controversial warrantless wiretap program. they raced to ashcroft's hospital bed when they learned others were rushing to the hospital to renew the order. it was a race to the bedside. comey took very careful notes and felt strongly to make sure justice was done. >> drama at the time. mueller and comey threatened to resign and the white house eventually backed off. one other note. a special counsel is not fully independent and can be fired. without the protection of the independent counsel law, president trump can order rod r

who is robert mueller? guest: he is a lifelong career prosecutor, mostly here in washington and the justice department. he spent most of his career working his way up through various u.s. attorney's office, head of the criminal division for the u.s. department of justice under george h.w. bush, and then was deputy attorney general under george w. bush before becoming fbi director. as has been told over the last couple days, he was the longest-serving fbi director since j edgar hoover himself. the first since hoover to complete the 10 year term of an fbi director, and then he was so popular and so respected that he was extended for an additional two years by president obama and a bipartisan act of congress. host: what made him so popular and respected? guest: he is a ramrod straight , former marine straight shooter. in a city that seems like it gets more partisan and more politicized with every passing year, he is completely apolitical, completely nonpartisan, and very well respected on both sides of the ais

. >> essentially today now that we have heard from robert mueller. this special counsel's office could not have been convened and could not have sustained itself to the completion of the final report under anyone other than somebody like robert mueller with the reputation for integrity and a rigor that he accomplished and his decades in public service. it maybe had to be robert mueller who was the name special counsel. it's clear from his performance he didn't do all this work himself. the report felt like the work of his staff and not his. he was taking it for granted that whatever the member of congress was reading to him must be in the report. you didn't necessarily have in mind that he 4 the whole thing in his head. all the more reason for us to hear from the members of his team who did the work when the details of the work and the decision making behind it is important in terms of what we don't understand as a country. >> the best version of a hearing is a minimum of four of these staff people two from volume and when the questions asked, they c

robert mueller testifies in pair of hearings beginning in three hours. after years, again, years of twists and turns in his investigation into president trump and russia, this is the first time that robert mueller will answer questions in public. he goes first before the house judiciary committee where democrats. focus on obstruction. and later the house intelligence committee where they will hone in on election interference. >> mueller has said he will not go beyond the 448-page report. but lawmakers will try to find inroads into new areas. democratic leaders are hoping the hearing will bring the facts of this report to life for americans who did not read it. republicans plan to confront mueller on the legitimacy of the entire probe. >>> ricardo rossello is expected to resign today. this after weeks of protests. we will get to that in a moment. >>> let's begin with lauren fox live on capitol hill outside the room where it will happen. what are you expecting, lauren? >> reporter: well, people already lined up down the hall, and we are hours away from thi

criticizing robert mueller's investigation. president trump claims that mueller would have brought charges against him if he thought he committed a crime, but mueller said explicitly the opposite yesterday. mueller did not even consider charging president trump because of justice department guidelines. mueller said that responsibility falls on congress, which of course begs the question this morning, what will congress do now? >> a growing number of house democrats and 2020 presidential candidates, including one right here on our show, are calling for impeachment proceedings, but continues to resist, though she says nothing is off the table. the spotlight is also now back on the attorney general, william barr. a lot of people are accusing him of misleading lawmakers and the public about the mueller report. mueller's version clearly different than the attorney general's. joining me discuss congressman mike quigley. thank you for being with us. before yesterday you were not on the list that nancy pelosi and others are keeping of

is a robert mueller doubleheader. the former special counsel is about to make back-to-back appearances before the house judiciary committee and intelligence committees it is about the last place on earth that he wants to be a delisting of the role that he wants to do. the former marine who volunteered to serve his country during vietnam had to be subpoenaed to testify. robert mueller arrived on capitol hill just a few minutes ago. you see the picture of his arrival. this is the first time he will answer questions about his investigation of russian interference in the 2016 u.s. election. whether anyone in the trump campaign was involved, and whether the president obstructed justice. robert mueller has had his report speaks for itself it doesn't intended to go on with the report says. it has robert mueller cannot determine whether mr. trump did or did not commit a crime, but the report did not exonerate him and the president has claimed. suck no collusion and no obstruction. we had nothing. a total no collusion finding.

that was the one time we saw robert mueller say what he believes. >> do you think robert mueller is happy based on what you know of him? >> i don't. i think that's in part because robert mueller didn't want to be there in the first place. he went out of his way to say, you know, this is not -- i don't want to be on capitol hill testifying. i think yesterday he beared that out. >> yes. >> garrett graff, thank you very much. >>> boris johnson has been british prime minister for one day and there are already big changes in the u.k. that's next. maria ramirez? hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. (michelle) i know what it's like to be in a financially struggling family.! we had a lot of leftovers...[chuckles] i couldn't have asked for better parents, but like most people they didn't have anyone to teach them the best financial habits. so we changed that. as a financial health coa

there was no defense of what robert mueller was trying to defend. in all fairness to robert mueller, whether his performance was bad one or good one, i think everybody understands that. i think everybody understands what was going on. there was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, in witch hunt that's been going on for a long time. pretty much from the time i came down on the escalator with our first lady. and it's a disgrace what happened. but i think today proved a lot to everybody, in fact some of my biggest opponents wrote things today that i wouldn't have believed they would have written and i appreciate that they did that. this has been a ver bad thing for our country. and despite everything we have been through it's been an incredible two and a half years for our country. the administration, our president, me, we've done a great job. we've got the strongest stock market, the best unemployment numbers, the most number of people ever working in the history of our country right now, almost 160 million. our military has been rebuilt and getting ev